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The ScapeGoat
The ScapeGoat
Author: Daphne duMaurier
They stood before a mirror. Jean, the Frenchman, and John, the Englishman, were as alike as identical twins. Amazed, they had dinner together in the small provincial town, and ate and talked and drank. — During the evening John was drugged. The Frenchman took his baggage and papers and left his double to assume the life he no longer wanted, the r...  more »
ISBN: 255173
Publication Date: 2/1957
Pages: 329
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Publisher: Pocket Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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My first time reading a Daphne du Maurier (even though I have a degree in ENglish!). Her writing style and descriptive technique and character development that was sufficient without being over done. Because I speak French, and have visited the French countryside where this took place, I could easily relate to the setting and characters. However, fellow book club members had a more difficult time understanding the characters.
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An English teacher touring France discovers his doppelganger in a French count. In a play on twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" the count arranges that they exchange places: a rather one-sided decision. Royalty, it seems, has made a mess of everything and wants out; teacher, dissatisfied with his life resigns himself to play along. So, all is well in Mudville until royalty finds it convenient to reassume his life. Du Maurier has created a real sociological masterpiece which no aficionado should ignore.


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